Stanchion for canal-boats



c VAN NAME. or BiNGHAM'roN, NEW YORK.

j siAncHion `EOE CANAL-soars.

j Specification of `Letters Patent No. 32,544, dated June `11,` 1861.

To all whom itinafy` concern.' j i j j Be it` known that I, C. VAN NAME,` of Binghamton, in thefcounty of Broome and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Stanchion for Supporting the Rails of Canal-Boats, &c.;` and l do hereby declare that they following is a full,

clear, and exact description `of .the same, reference being had to the .accompanying drawing, formingpart of this specification, inwhich j i Figure l represents a transverse vertical sectionof this invention. Fig. Qisa side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa perspec`- tive View of the same.` j

Similarletters ofrefe-rence` in the three views indicate corresponding parts.

This inventionconsists in the employment for the purpose ofsupporting `the rail of a" cast `iron stanchion secured by bolts, which pass down through the deck, one into oneof the beams which support the deck, and the other intooiie `of ythe ribs in vsuch a manner that-by said stanchions the strength of the boat islincreased and that a blowon the rail doesfnot injure the structure oftheboat.

To enablegthose skilled in the art to'make and-use my inventionl will proceed to `de` `scribe it with reference to the `drawingt On canal boats of the ordinary const-ruction the I'ails are secured by means of woodenstanchions consisting of timbers iunning down through the deck and fastened; to the ribs. This mode of fastening the rails `is objectionable because it gives to the water a chance to pass down on the sides of said stanchions and to injure the iibs and also because a blow or heavy pressure exerted on` therails is liable to cause the ribs towork loose or to prove otherwise injurious to the structure of the boat. These disadvantages are obviated by the employment of my cast iron stanchions A,Htlie `form and construction of which are substantially such as represented in F ig. 3, of the drawing.

Each stanchion is provided with two flanges a, l), and it `is secured to thefdeck B, of the boat by means of boltsc, d'. The bolt c, passes` down through the deckinto one of the beams C, andthe bolt (l, passes also down through thedeck, and it screws intothe end of the rib D, or into the outl side plank` E.` lBy this arrangement the stanchions `assist in holding together the.`

beams and the ribs, `and a blow or heavy pressure exerted on said stanchions or on the rails cannot have any injurious influence' onl The worst that may happen, is thatthe boltsc, cl, break or j the structure of the boat.

give way, and at the saine time the water has no chance `to pass down through the deck and upon the beams or ribs.` i

From the upper surface of each` standard a `feather or lug e, rises; it is mortised into `the rail F, and the rail is secured to the stancliion by bolts' f, passing down through the rail .and through the top `plate .of the stancliio-n, or it may be secured by means of alpin passing through its sides and through a hole in the lug c. i

. i The form and shapeiof` the stanchions may ofcourse be varied at pleasure and they are secured to the deck at such distances apart that they altord a good solid support to the Y rails.

`Stanchions of this description maybe used l with advantage on all sorts of vessels, but

they are principally intended for canal boatsA and other small craft, the construction of 'which favors their application.`

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters `Patent is The employment of cast iron stancliions A, with flanges a, b, and attached to the deck B, by means of bolts o, (l, as and for the purposes described.

i j. ovAN l/Vitnesses:

E. T. Hioiiox, WM. OGDEN,.Jr. 

